Senior Enterprise Architect

Summary

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the enterprise architecture roadmap by collaborating with stakeholders to define and prioritize architectural initiatives, ensuring alignment with overall business strategy and technology vision. 

• Design and implement comprehensive enterprise-wide solutions leveraging expertise across application, data, infrastructure, and security domains to create innovative and robust architectural blueprints. 

• Conduct thorough architectural reviews and assessments of existing systems and applications, identifying potential risks, optimization opportunities, and alignment with strategic objectives. 

• Provide expert technical guidance and mentorship to development teams, ensuring solutions are designed and implemented according to established architectural principles and industry standards. 

• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, continuously researching and evaluating new methodologies to ensure enterprise architecture remains competitive and forward-looking. 

• Create and maintain comprehensive architectural documentation that clearly outlines enterprise architecture components, relationships, and decision rationale for stakeholder communication. 

• Collaborate effectively with business leaders, IT professionals, and cross-functional stakeholders to gather requirements, communicate architectural decisions, and ensure organizational alignment. 

• Proactively manage architectural risks by identifying and assessing potential challenges associated with architectural decisions and implementing appropriate mitigation strategies. 

• Champion architectural best practices and advocate for adoption of architectural principles and standards throughout the organization to drive consistency and quality. 

• Ensure regulatory compliance by designing and implementing solutions that meet relevant telecommunications industry regulations and enterprise standards. 

• Lead technology selection, RFI and RFP activities in collaboration with procurement, legal and business teams  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field; Master’s degree in related field preferred. 

• 5+ years proven experience as a Solutions or Enterprise Architect with demonstrated success designing and implementing enterprise-wide solutions across application, data, infrastructure, and security domains, including Artificial Intelligence, Agentic and Multi-Agent systems.  

• Expertise in Network Security and security solutions.  Security certifications are preferred – Palo Alto, Checkpoint, Cisco, HPe, and Fortinet 

• Power user of Artificial Intelligence applied to creating, updating and reviewing software architecture 

• Strong foundation in architectural principles and methodologies with hands-on experience in industry-standard frameworks. 

• Comprehensive expertise across multiple architectural domains with demonstrated proficiency in designing solutions for applications, data architecture, infrastructure, and security frameworks. 

• Solid experience with major cloud computing platforms including AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform, with understanding of cloud-native architecture patterns. 

• Exceptional communication and presentation abilities with proven capacity to effectively convey complex technical concepts to both technical teams and executive stakeholders. 

• Strong analytical and strategic problem-solving skills with ability to identify, analyze, and resolve complex architectural challenges in fast-paced environments. 

• Demonstrated ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with diverse stakeholders across the organization to achieve common objectives. 

• Passion for technology innovation with continuous learning mindset, actively seeking new approaches to improve enterprise architecture and deliver measurable business value. 

• Experience in telecommunications or large-scale enterprise environments preferred.